Chappie Dwyer
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Full name | Edmund Alfred Dwyer | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales | 19 October 1894||||||||||||||
Died | 10 October 1975 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales | (aged 80)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1918/19–1928/29 | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
FC debut | 26 December 1918 New South Wales v Victoria | ||||||||||||||
Last FC | 8 February 1929 New South Wales v Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 February 2009 |
Edmund Alfred Dwyer (19 October 1894 – 10 September 1975), known as Chappie Dwyer, was an Australian
Career
Dwyer played his three matches for NSW sporadically between the end of the
Dwyer did not play again until 28 November 1925, against Queensland in Brisbane.[2] Dwyer, now batting at number six, scored 20 runs before he was dismissed by Australian international Ron Oxenham, who went on to get a five-wicket-haul as NSW reached 287 all out. Oxenham then went on to score 96 as an opener in Queensland's reply total of 506, which also contained a century of 132 for Francis Thompson. Dwyer hit 23 not out as Queensland reached 77/4 before the three-day match ended as a draw.[4]
Dwyer's last appearance in first-class cricket came on 8 February 1929, against
Dwyer completed his three-match career with 65 runs at 16.25, and a highscore of 23* against Queensland in 1925. His son, Brian Eric Dwyer, who was born 9 February 1925, would go on to play for New South Wales' Colts and Second XI across the winter of 1948/49, however neither ever represented Australia at international level.[6][7]
Dwyer served as a selector for New South Wales from 1930 to 1954, and a national selector from 1930 to 1952. He managed the Australian team that toured South Africa in 1949–50.[8] Jack Fingleton thought the combination of Dwyer and the captain, Lindsay Hassett, was the best an Australian touring team ever had.[9]
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Chappie Dwyer". CricInfo. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Matches by EA Dwyer". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Victoria v New South Wales - Other First-Class matches in Australia 1918/19". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Queensland v New South Wales - Other First-Class matches in Australia 1925/26". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Tasmania v New South Wales - Other First-Class matches in Australia 1928/29". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Player Profile: Chappie Dwyer". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Player Profile: Brian Dwyer". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- ^ Wisden 1976, p. 1097.
- ^ Jack Fingleton, Batting from Memory, Collins, London, 1981, p. 72.